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ArticleJournal of allergy2011

Industrial fungal enzymes: an occupational allergen perspective.

Brett J Green, Donald H Beezhold

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Article in Journal of allergy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Safety evaluation of the food enzyme catalase from porcine liver.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022
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  8. Safety evaluation of the food enzyme catalase from the genetically modifiedEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2021
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  11. Potential of residual fungal biomass: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
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  13. Status of microbial based cleaning products in statutory regulations and ecolabelling in Europe, the USA, and Canada.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2018
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  18. Exposure to flour dust in the occupational environment.International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brett J GreenAllergy and Clinical Immunology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888, USA.
Donald H Beezhold
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · US

Funding

NIEHS NIH HHS Y01 ES000001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Occupational exposure to high-molecular-weight allergens is a risk factor for the development and pathogenesis of IgE-mediated respiratory disease. In some occupational environments, workers are at an increased risk of exposure to fungal enzymes used in industrial production. Fungal enzymes have been associated with adverse health effects in the work place, in particular in baking occupations. Exposure-response relationships have been demonstrated, and atopic workers directly handling fungal enzymes are at an increased risk for IgE-mediated disease and occupational asthma. The utilization of new and emerging fungal enzymes in industrial production will present new occupational exposures. The production of antibody-based immunoassays is necessary for the assessment of occupational exposure and the development of threshold limit values. Allergen avoidance strategies including personal protective equipment, engineering controls, protein encapsulation, and reduction of airborne enzyme concentrations are required to mitigate occupational exposure to fungal enzymes.

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PMID21747869
PMCPMC3124952
OpenAlexW2004427021

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